Apostrophe- Speaking to some sort of being that is not physically present.
Personification- When animals, ideas, or other inanimate objects are givin human traits, abilities, or reactions.
Synesthesia- Using seperate senses together in illogical fashions, such as a how a color smells.
Hyperbole- Exaggeration or overstatement.
Understatement- Making something seem much less important than it truly is.
Litotes- Using a statement opposite of the one you are trying to say to get your point across.
Metonymy- Using a physical subject to allude to an idea.
Synecdoche- Using a part of a whole object to represent the whole.
Paradox- using contradictions that somehow make sense together.
Oxymoron- see paradox.
Allusion- referencing some other person, place, event, or piece of literature, often without clear indication.
Metaphor- a comparison used to show that one subject is another one.
Simile- a comparison implied by an adverb such as like or as.
Implied Metaphor-
Personification- When animals, ideas, or other inanimate objects are givin human traits, abilities, or reactions.
Synesthesia- Using seperate senses together in illogical fashions, such as a how a color smells.
Hyperbole- Exaggeration or overstatement.
Understatement- Making something seem much less important than it truly is.
Litotes- Using a statement opposite of the one you are trying to say to get your point across.
Metonymy- Using a physical subject to allude to an idea.
Synecdoche- Using a part of a whole object to represent the whole.
Paradox- using contradictions that somehow make sense together.
Oxymoron- see paradox.
Allusion- referencing some other person, place, event, or piece of literature, often without clear indication.
Metaphor- a comparison used to show that one subject is another one.
Simile- a comparison implied by an adverb such as like or as.
Implied Metaphor-